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and i knew that i wanted to live in america. i went back home at the end of the summer tenures later moved to new york. a couple years ago, my wife and i -- i was in graduate school and we decided to spend some time in china. and here we are in beijing at one of these quintessentially beijing he smoggy, easy rainy afternoons and nothing to do except stare at the small television with exactly one channel and our hotel room. we see a picture of this boy and the picture was clearly taken some time in 19th century. the boy was clearly chinese in the building next to which he was standing with very clearly be a university. i sort of thought to myself, i have no idea they were chinese students ideal university in the 19th century. and i started researching the story and discovered these remarkable young men whose story i will soon tell you. they wrote a lot of letters in the cab journals. and when i read their journals in their letters, i couldn't help but feel an immediate sense of tremendous, tremendous empathy. because like them, i
and i knew that i wanted to live in america. i went back home at the end of the summer tenures later moved to new york. a couple years ago, my wife and i -- i was in graduate school and we decided to spend some time in china. and here we are in beijing at one of these quintessentially beijing he smoggy, easy rainy afternoons and nothing to do except stare at the small television with exactly one channel and our hotel room. we see a picture of this boy and the picture was clearly taken some time...
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the life blood of america. the immigrants who came and to whom it was very important to get some place. >> and now you know it's the life blood of china too. i have a good fortune of being associated with new york university are are completing a joint partnership with shanghai. we had a lovely delegation of people here and had a culture exchange, and this i truly believe unlikely to me and sort of optimism, i really believe this is the future. i want to thank very much for coming. it's been a pleasure. thank you. [applause] >> you're watching booktv on c-span2. 48 hours of nonfiction authors and books every weekend. >> about five years ago, i got a letter from a teacher that i had in 8th grade in chicago. she had saved one of my papers that i had written about thanksgiving. >> she must have liked that. >> she said i kept this all these years because it was one the best papers i got from a student, and i read that paper, and i was going, hey, i was really good. >> what was it about? >> thanksgiving and what it m
the life blood of america. the immigrants who came and to whom it was very important to get some place. >> and now you know it's the life blood of china too. i have a good fortune of being associated with new york university are are completing a joint partnership with shanghai. we had a lovely delegation of people here and had a culture exchange, and this i truly believe unlikely to me and sort of optimism, i really believe this is the future. i want to thank very much for coming. it's...
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america become china. instead each culture has to represent -- has to respect each other's culture, each other's beliefs and traditions. and work together to make sure that this story indeed has a happy ending. in this i truly hope happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. yes, man? [inaudible] >> chinese or journals in english or chinese? >> let me tell you a funny story. when we started working on this book we learned that there were journals and here we are sitting in a coffee shop in new york city and i say just our luck. little here we are stumbling on this great story, these kids left behind all these journals and all these journals are buried in some basement in shanghai and are all in chinese and we will never figure them out or find them and we start doing what people do nowadays which is googleing laughing like crazy and discover the connecticut historical society has and addition, sothe thing like crazy and discover the connecticut histo
america become china. instead each culture has to represent -- has to respect each other's culture, each other's beliefs and traditions. and work together to make sure that this story indeed has a happy ending. in this i truly hope happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] >> thank you very much. please. yes, man? [inaudible] >> chinese or journals in english or chinese? >> let me tell you a funny story. when we started working on this book we...
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that was the case whether she was a 23 year-old, beijing, china, are a 26 year-old in america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single. and if they were they when not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle and drinking shots with other pre-adult fun weekend. they were married and they had children. and often had lawns to mow and cars is one of needed change. let's look at the numbers. 1970 the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, less than 21. today, it's 26 and 28. but that's a little bit misleading actually. because the numbers for college educated and even those with graduate school education are considerably higher. for women with a ba, the average age is about 27. for women with a masters or professional degree, professional degree is about 30. now, this means that we have a historically high percentage of single people in their '20s and early '30s. this gives you a little bit of an idea. now unlike almost any other decade we are looking at here is the majority of 25-year-olds are single. i wasn't able to get a chart
that was the case whether she was a 23 year-old, beijing, china, are a 26 year-old in america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single. and if they were they when not living with roommates in williamsburg, in brooklyn or dupont circle and drinking shots with other pre-adult fun weekend. they were married and they had children. and often had lawns to mow and cars is one of needed change. let's look at the numbers. 1970 the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, less...
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america become china. but instead each culture has to represent, has to respect each other's cultures, each others' beliefs, each other's traditions. and work together to make sure that their story indeed has a happy ending. and in this i hope truly happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] please. yes, maam. >> do you speak chinese and read chinese? where the journals in english or chinese? >> well, you know that they tell you a funny little story. when we started working on this book, we learned that there were journals and here we are, sitting in a coffee shop in new york city and i say to matt, you know just our luck here we are stumbling on this great story and these kids left behind all of these journals and all these journals are probably buried in some basement in shanghai and they are probably all in chinese and we will never be able to figure them out or find them. we start doing what people do nowadays which is of course googling for thi
america become china. but instead each culture has to represent, has to respect each other's cultures, each others' beliefs, each other's traditions. and work together to make sure that their story indeed has a happy ending. and in this i hope truly happy note i would love to turn this into a conversation. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] please. yes, maam. >> do you speak chinese and read chinese? where the journals in english or chinese? >> well, you know that they tell...
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whether she was a 23-year-old from china or a 26 year in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living as room mates in brooklyn or dupont circle and drinking spots or mimosas with other preadults in the weekends. they are married and they had children. and they often had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now, look at the numbers. notice in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little less than 21. today, it's 26 and 28 but that's a little bit misleading, actually. because the numbers for college-educated and -- and even those with graduate school creation considerably higher. for women with a b.a., the average age is about 27. for women with a master's or professional degree, professional degree is about 30. now, this means that we have a historically high percentage of single people in their 20s and early 30s. this gives you a little bit of an idea. now unlike almost any other decade we're looking at here, the majority of 25 years old are single. i wasn
whether she was a 23-year-old from china or a 26 year in mad men america. in fact, most people in their 20s were not single and if they were, they were not living as room mates in brooklyn or dupont circle and drinking spots or mimosas with other preadults in the weekends. they are married and they had children. and they often had lawns to mow and cars whose oil needed changing. now, look at the numbers. notice in 1970, the average age of marriage for men was 23. and for women, a little less...
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were no bees north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had was maple syrup. they had the cactus. and then the rest of the world, they had honey. we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies. we've had sugar now. it's spreading. people are starting to learn about it. >> one thing we want to mention, when you say they use, let's say honey or fruit, is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we think about what you're going to have a chocolate bar or a cookie. it is just a cake. it is a spice. it is something you use in your meal to give it one of the flavors speaker you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> we are here at the conservative political action conference talking with amanda pritzker. can you tell us what's coming out this your? >> absolutely. we just came out with secretary rumsfeld's book this week. we are very excited about. he is your signing books today. at the end of the month we have governor huckabee's next book which is coming out at the end of february. and
were no bees north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had was maple syrup. they had the cactus. and then the rest of the world, they had honey. we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies. we've had sugar now. it's spreading. people are starting to learn about it. >> one thing we want to mention, when you say they use, let's say honey or fruit, is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we think about what you're going to have a chocolate bar or a cookie. it is...
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we will see america at the mercy of producing countries who are exporting to us our energy and they can put this in a difficult position and if we don't address these issues we will have growing environmental challenges as well. what the book tries to show is a pathway to address all of those. i think there is but it will take will and tough decisions and we have been a little unwilling to make those tough decisions for the last few years. >> do you tackle how to change public perspective and the perception of what we should do? and be more cooperative? >> it is a good point. one of the real impediments to what we need to do energy is what they call the not in my backyard syndrome. one thing i found as energy sector is it didn't matter what energy project or energy infrastructure deployment there was tremendous resistance because people didn't want it near them. they wanted lots of energy and cheap energy but didn't want anybody to make it or use it around them. to be grown-ups about this, to say yes it would be terrific if we could have all the energy facilities somewhere else. we need
we will see america at the mercy of producing countries who are exporting to us our energy and they can put this in a difficult position and if we don't address these issues we will have growing environmental challenges as well. what the book tries to show is a pathway to address all of those. i think there is but it will take will and tough decisions and we have been a little unwilling to make those tough decisions for the last few years. >> do you tackle how to change public perspective...
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the comment is buckle up america we're not going back to a gentler time but where we go, politics make us in a call which has a new platform to stand on and our commitment to civil discourse that we can make an impact if i think our panelists for being here and all of you for being here as well. [applause] the books will be available for citing in assigning area. just west of the student union. thank you very much. >> that concludes our coverage of the 2011 tucson of books. we have them live all weekend if you have missed any of the events that coverage will air tonight starting at 1:00 a.m. eastern. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] as it did to ship them across the atlantic. it was enormously difficult to access the wealth. there was a great transportation network, chicago, which was formed starting off on the illinois and michigan can now had a great wateree park rails only supplemented that transportation network every city and the major waterway for the river mead says c. where it meets the mississippi riv
the comment is buckle up america we're not going back to a gentler time but where we go, politics make us in a call which has a new platform to stand on and our commitment to civil discourse that we can make an impact if i think our panelists for being here and all of you for being here as well. [applause] the books will be available for citing in assigning area. just west of the student union. thank you very much. >> that concludes our coverage of the 2011 tucson of books. we have them...
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[laughter] in the 1980's, everyone in america it seemed was terrified of japan. the japanese had brought other high-profile things like that and if you mentioned some of that in your book. but japan ink disappeared and now we are sort of waiting for japan to be one of these dominoes because the debt is 200% of gdp. it's just government debt. is china the new japan? are we overstating what the0g0gg >> guest: i would say the realpg answer is idled because if i knew i would have treated thatpg already. >> guest: they have issues around demographics, but i think the fact of the matter in which the government is dealing with these things i think bodes well in that they are sort of playing a chess game, multiple moves ahead of most policymakers around the world. >> host: we have five minutes left. let's focus on solutions that our u.s. audience might not be interested in. you mentioned the housing crisis, and when i think of the housing crisis, it makes me very pessimistic. i read your book, and i like to think we basically have the government to the federal reserve wi
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it was common for all of america's older cities. one of the themes for the book is that the american dream doesn't have to lie behind a white picket fence in the suburb, and that cities have been as intrinsic for american history and our experiences in the nation as any place else. the very birth of america has roots in boston in the 1730s between john hancock who wanted the political change to be created by a mob and sam adams who like many proveighers of liquor could conjure a mob. [laughter] it changed america and helped create this great country of ours. in the 19th century, the great problem was making the wealth of the american exterior accessible to the markets of the east and europe. cities made that happen. they were a great transportation network that engaged the rich dark soil of iowa to be productive. it cost as much to move goods 32 miles over land as it did to ship them across the atlantic. it was difficult to access all the wealth in the american lands. cities grew up in modes of great transportation network, the chic
it was common for all of america's older cities. one of the themes for the book is that the american dream doesn't have to lie behind a white picket fence in the suburb, and that cities have been as intrinsic for american history and our experiences in the nation as any place else. the very birth of america has roots in boston in the 1730s between john hancock who wanted the political change to be created by a mob and sam adams who like many proveighers of liquor could conjure a mob. [laughter]...
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you and your husband were such role models for all of us in america. it's truly been my privilege to join each and everyone of you, you at this beautiful place that bears his name, so thank you, god bless and have a wonderful dinner. thank you. [applause] [applause] >> thank you. please, sit down. i know we're getting hungry. i just want to go down as a hello for mrs. reagan for just a minute. i'll be right back. >> senator brown has been kind enough to spend about 10 or 12 minutes answering questions. we get questions from you. >> and i haven't seen them so here we go. >> i think you'll find this for some interesting. >> who will win the nba -- sorry. celtics, come on. [laughter] >> go ahead. i know everyone is hungry. fire away. >> what you think about what is happening in wisconsin now? >> what's happening in wisconsin, obviously the people of wisconsin are trying to get a handle on their $3.6 billion structural deficit. and they elected a new governor to do with that problem. they elected a new legislature to back them up. he sent his plan to the l
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georgia a better state, and america a better country. just how, i do not know but i have the faith to believe it will. and if i am right, then our suffering is not in vain. .. >> before we get started, i wanted to mention the upcoming events that includes james carroll on march 11 with his new book, and unger on april 4 more "american tempest: how the tea party sparked a revolution." others include billy collins and governor duvall patrick. you can find more information in the events flier. after the talk this afternoon, there's time for questions after which there's a book signing at the table, and you can get signed copies up at the registers. when you know you buy a book from the harvard bookstore, you're supporting a local institution who cares about books, and this author series would not be possible without that support. we are pleased to have c-span's here recording for book tv. if you have a question, wait for the microphone to come to you before asking your question. now is a good time to make sure you silenced your cell phones.
georgia a better state, and america a better country. just how, i do not know but i have the faith to believe it will. and if i am right, then our suffering is not in vain. .. >> before we get started, i wanted to mention the upcoming events that includes james carroll on march 11 with his new book, and unger on april 4 more "american tempest: how the tea party sparked a revolution." others include billy collins and governor duvall patrick. you can find more information in the...
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so loyalism cuts right across the population of early america. and there is a final element of the stereotype that i think is worth correcting. loyalists are also referred to as tories, quote on quote, the nickname for the british conservative party and the implication is loyalists more conservatives. they couldn't see the future, the innovation was to become republican. now in fact, many prominent loyalists were actually reformers in their own way. and they advanced schemes for the imperial reform that are worth paying attention to and that actually anticipate much later development elsewhere in the british empire. and so, for most of the people who were caught on the front lines of this conflict, which they called a civil war, not a revolution, this wasn't so much the war of ideals as it was often of ordeals in which violence came to their front door. they had windows smashed, livestock poisoned, property seized by the states, and violence, the violence of the war at least as much as ideology actually ends up being very important and in telling
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how many teachable america alumni currently in the program are here? pretty amazing. first question. was there a time where american education was not in crisis? >> some -- >> you can just say yes if you want. >> no. i think we have had this issue -- i have limited historical knowledge myself but i am sure we have had these issues forever. we have been in denial about this particular issue that we are working to address. i think 20 years ago a lot of people were in denial about the very existence of what we call today educational inequity. >> security offices and police and less and less recess time, school menus that require a law degree to decipher with rule upon rules, longer school days, why would a child want to go to school? >> i think about the school's, talking about these transformational schools. kids are dying to be in school because first of all the principal and teachers love their kids and they build a community among them and the kids know that they will work incredibly hard but there is a huge pay off for that. i don't know that there's a place they wo
how many teachable america alumni currently in the program are here? pretty amazing. first question. was there a time where american education was not in crisis? >> some -- >> you can just say yes if you want. >> no. i think we have had this issue -- i have limited historical knowledge myself but i am sure we have had these issues forever. we have been in denial about this particular issue that we are working to address. i think 20 years ago a lot of people were in denial...
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people in south america. outside of our boundaries there's six billion people. you've got two sides of the hemisphere. we're the food producers of the world, and they're the producers of industrial products, and we developed this swap market which i learned how to do swaps there which is the most valuable thing i could have ever learned if my life, and we will propel, we will build jobs around the food industry just like china with their 17 vital trace elements will build steel and all of these things. but it's got to be a world of futures or -- >> and i have to say when i first started writing this, i had no idea what you just said. hopefully, if you read the book, you'll say, ah, i know what charlie's talking about. it sounds scary, but charlie knows all this because he knew it when he traded cattle, and there really is a progression so that what he says starts to make some sense. okay. thanks again, everyone, for coming. we're open for several more hours, so i hope you'll stay and have some wine, some food
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france and 80 him of lot of upheaval in latin america. and in all of this the revolutionary and napoleonic wars, there is an enormous amount of political switch imbedding in movements and refugees from haiti and france and all of the world. i would love to see some sort of book that is able to, you know, apply similar sorts of approaches to looking at the mixed loyalties of figures, and these other revolutionary movements. a really interesting history to be written about the shape of the united states in connection with some of these schemes. an interesting comparative history to be done. >> time for one or two more questions. thank you so much. please find the book available for purchase. >> this event took place at the harvard book store in cambridge, massachusetts. >> tell us why you chose football as a way to share the story of racial tension. >> first of all, thanks to you and c-span for taking the time to talk to me today. this book has been out a few years, but one of the important components of it is that i interviewed the first b
france and 80 him of lot of upheaval in latin america. and in all of this the revolutionary and napoleonic wars, there is an enormous amount of political switch imbedding in movements and refugees from haiti and france and all of the world. i would love to see some sort of book that is able to, you know, apply similar sorts of approaches to looking at the mixed loyalties of figures, and these other revolutionary movements. a really interesting history to be written about the shape of the united...
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in the subheadline beneath that, it said america now up for grabs. it was referring to the concept of the rolling stones, a concert they had in the summer of 1969. this was supposed to be a triumphant appearance. they peered with the jefferson airplane and the flying burrito brothers, and they had a hard time finding a venue for the show, so they did it at the raceway. they built a stage that was three feet high, and it was a disaster. thousands of people clam moried on tom of each other to get close to the stage. someone hired the hell's angels motorcycle gang to do security, and they paid them with a truckload of beer, and so the hell's angels showed up with knives, and it was a violent scene. they beat up spectators and would have been less violent if they played earlier. they -- the concert was being filmed for a documentary, but mcjager, he was reluck at that particular time to play -- reluctant to play until it was dark. by every account, bad vibes were there, and it was an ugly scene. there were commotions around them, they are nor vows and we
in the subheadline beneath that, it said america now up for grabs. it was referring to the concept of the rolling stones, a concert they had in the summer of 1969. this was supposed to be a triumphant appearance. they peered with the jefferson airplane and the flying burrito brothers, and they had a hard time finding a venue for the show, so they did it at the raceway. they built a stage that was three feet high, and it was a disaster. thousands of people clam moried on tom of each other to get...
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and teach for america isn't really about -- we are about teachers are critical but teach for america is about building a movement among our country's future leaders to say, we got to change the way our education system is, fundamentally. and i think your article in the new yorker about the formation of movements just captured the whole theory of teach for america and this is about the foundational experience about teaching successfully in ways that, you know, i think we're creating a corps of people who are absolutely determined to expand the opportunities facing kids in the most absolutely, you know, economically disadvantaged communities. you know, who are pouring themselves into their work and trying to put their kids on a different trajectory and, you know, having varying levels of success and taking from that experience incredible lessons, you know, they realize through their firsthand experience the challenges their kids face, the potential they have. they realize that it's ultimately possible to solve the problem. and that experience is not only important for their kids but it
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they started to move america. i want to be one of them. if i'm going to get harangued, i want power to fight back. why would i make that decision? no college, no training, no education, never been -- i dbt have anything to convince me that any white employer want want to hire me, but i started applying all around the place, and finally, i was doing all things a beauty pageant for black girls that i considered my civil rights work because it was my fight against miss america that denied our right to participate, so we started our open pageant. i presented the girls on television, and a writer from a daily paper wrote that surely somewhere in television there must be a place for belva davis. i acted as though that was carved in concrete and just applied to everybody and everything until finally in 1966 i read a story about a wonderful republican woman who loved ronald reagan and had said that if he was elected, she would quit her anchor job and go and work for him. the day he was elected and i called her boss and said i want to apply for her
they started to move america. i want to be one of them. if i'm going to get harangued, i want power to fight back. why would i make that decision? no college, no training, no education, never been -- i dbt have anything to convince me that any white employer want want to hire me, but i started applying all around the place, and finally, i was doing all things a beauty pageant for black girls that i considered my civil rights work because it was my fight against miss america that denied our...
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the united states of america is a country of opportunity. [applause] >> don't be shy. >> definitely the united states is a land of opportunity. has been and probably will be for some time. the thing that i observed, my grandfather was an immigrant himself. a i am as well. the thing i observe is when i came here, when my grandfather came here we lost our barry in tibet tie to our country. we started thinking united states is our country. very rich culture of this diversified land, diversified population, this is our country. i am wondering what effect is this going to have when we see the united states states begin to for example speak spanish and english becomes a second language. how do we maintained our culture, how do we maintain the diversity and keep the land of the land of opportunity? >> i will go ahead. i think that as with most things i have experienced in life i think there is room and opportunity for everything. i don't think that one faint needs to be replaced completely by another. i think that in a civil -- in a country of educ
the united states of america is a country of opportunity. [applause] >> don't be shy. >> definitely the united states is a land of opportunity. has been and probably will be for some time. the thing that i observed, my grandfather was an immigrant himself. a i am as well. the thing i observe is when i came here, when my grandfather came here we lost our barry in tibet tie to our country. we started thinking united states is our country. very rich culture of this diversified land,...
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and a first generation of politicians in america supposedly learn that. and i guess the lesson continues until today. so that's the tories on a kind of philosophical claim. maybe some questions about the blood and the hangings. [laughter] [applause] >> a lot of them came back. do you have any idea how many came back? >> what happens is you can see references. first of all there's the little matter of the war of 1812. a lot of the sons of loyalists, cross the border, and if we had the roster of who weren't washington i think we would find some of the names among them. so once you get the war of 1812, which essentially new england said we are not interested, the new england war of 1812 refused to send militia and all that. swindel england, yeah, they are coming back. they're coming back to what? they are coming back to not having their farms anymore, they have to start all over again but you find references of the son of a tory mary and the daughter of a rebel and vice versa. so it starts to recover and in particular there's a lot celebration of this in mas
and a first generation of politicians in america supposedly learn that. and i guess the lesson continues until today. so that's the tories on a kind of philosophical claim. maybe some questions about the blood and the hangings. [laughter] [applause] >> a lot of them came back. do you have any idea how many came back? >> what happens is you can see references. first of all there's the little matter of the war of 1812. a lot of the sons of loyalists, cross the border, and if we had...
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look around south america. they have democracy processes in some countries, and to processes mean when you're elected or the president, you have a longer term. in mexico, for example, there's a six year term. it's one term, but gives you more time to think aboutth structural problems without having the election. i find it baffling that you just had elections in the united states just a few months ago, midterms in november, and here we are already much of the discourse on television in the united states is about the next election which is next year. where does policymaker have the scope or bandwidth to focus on problems. everybody acknowledges it's there, infrastructure, education, energy efficiency, without main taping what's their big thing which is to stay in power. >> host: this isn't something addressed in the book or maybe i forgot it, but is there any evidence that longer terms or anything like that result in better policymaking? i get the feeling that if you're a poor country, you're hungry, and therefor
look around south america. they have democracy processes in some countries, and to processes mean when you're elected or the president, you have a longer term. in mexico, for example, there's a six year term. it's one term, but gives you more time to think aboutth structural problems without having the election. i find it baffling that you just had elections in the united states just a few months ago, midterms in november, and here we are already much of the discourse on television in the...
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i thank, actually, i thank being in america for that. i also thank the political freedoms of my country. countries. yes. maybe i'll take a last couple of questions. last question maybe. two questions, yes. >> in recent years there's been a lot of research, and it's been links to -- [inaudible] of cancer, and i was wondering why you didn't include it in your book, and do you think any fair piece will come out of this research to fight cancersome. >> this question goes back to the question of what was included and what was not included in the book. in general, i included things that have led to human therapies. i moyed to avoid finish -- tried to avoid -- o so in other words, if you really trace back everything that's in the book, whatever goes into the book really ends up in a human being somehow. perception comes out of a certain genetic understanding of cancer and becomes the drug. preventative mechanism, etc. things like an understanding of me tsa that sis, things like the immune system, i think, are very important in the understanding
i thank, actually, i thank being in america for that. i also thank the political freedoms of my country. countries. yes. maybe i'll take a last couple of questions. last question maybe. two questions, yes. >> in recent years there's been a lot of research, and it's been links to -- [inaudible] of cancer, and i was wondering why you didn't include it in your book, and do you think any fair piece will come out of this research to fight cancersome. >> this question goes back to the...
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hopefully because you read my previous book, "marriage and caste america." college women may talk like they live in this post marital -- like they can take a leave of marriage and children but compared to their low income counterparts they lived as my friend amy wax has put it, like it is the 1950s. they wait to have children until they married. they generally stay married. divorce rates among the college-educated have declined substantially since 1980. a large majority of children growing up with college-educated mothers are living and live it to land and doing quite well. that is not the case for the less educated. 40% of children today are born to unmarried mothers and almost all of those mothers are low income and lacking a college degree. they are not members of the new girl order. divorce dhume is far more common among low income than college-educated women and men. at least that is the way it has panned out so far. i don't see how that can continue. a big part of the reason for family breakdown at the lower end of the income scale is the dearth of mar
hopefully because you read my previous book, "marriage and caste america." college women may talk like they live in this post marital -- like they can take a leave of marriage and children but compared to their low income counterparts they lived as my friend amy wax has put it, like it is the 1950s. they wait to have children until they married. they generally stay married. divorce rates among the college-educated have declined substantially since 1980. a large majority of children...
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i read a book called the america the possible, how or why our constitution should be rewritten. i read it twice over the years, but not having a great memory, i can't summarize for it. i wonder if you know about that, and a book that's rather controversial looked upon eyes of liberals and conservatives and the history of the united states. >> guest: i don't know the first book, and i will confess although i understand howard's history is popular, i have never really read it. >> host: dr. maier is a textbook clerk in the 90s and handled thousands of copies of your titles. we are not actually guaranteed life, liberty, or the pursuit of happiness. this is based on what his 8th grade american history teacher said which was that the declaration of independence predates our federal government and is therefore not a document of that government. >> guest: well, that is a rather radical argument. without, independence, of course, we would have no right to found a new government. i think it's a critical component to the american political system. are we guaranteed? we said god has begin u
i read a book called the america the possible, how or why our constitution should be rewritten. i read it twice over the years, but not having a great memory, i can't summarize for it. i wonder if you know about that, and a book that's rather controversial looked upon eyes of liberals and conservatives and the history of the united states. >> guest: i don't know the first book, and i will confess although i understand howard's history is popular, i have never really read it. >>...
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they spoke up. >> host: can you give us a snapshot of america in 1775? >> guest: it was a different place in 1775. it with a number of different places. we tend to think north to/south. this was the path to the civil war. it was a much more complex place and that. new england had a kind of common system of governments. a common religious tradition. within the new england states. is you go further south, new york, new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania, farming, a little further south you get maryland and virginia. very different place. now you have plantations rather than family farms producing tobacco. slaves, a larger slave force but slaves were not unique to the south and chesapeake and a little further to the south you would have south carolina and georgia. i left out north carolina which is between the two. something like 40% of the population and virginia, a majority since then the girl turtle 1708 in south carolina but slavery was everywhere. not just in new england. the remarkable part of it was it wasn't much criticized. the real opposition to slave
they spoke up. >> host: can you give us a snapshot of america in 1775? >> guest: it was a different place in 1775. it with a number of different places. we tend to think north to/south. this was the path to the civil war. it was a much more complex place and that. new england had a kind of common system of governments. a common religious tradition. within the new england states. is you go further south, new york, new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania, farming, a little further south...
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[applause] >> president obama it issued a proclamation this is all across america of. [applause] okay. president obama. we are grateful that he did that and please welcome our special readers. let's hear it. [inaudible] we are also excited about reading. and we read all the time. he reads so much he knows about everything. you have to read. we will start off by reading something fun. secretary dunkin and i were big dr. seuss fans. do want to talk about your reading? [laughter] >> we both have two children at home a little bit older than most of view but if we had a net goal for every dr. seuss book that we have read. they are great books and the more that your read at home for fun and leave the video games a lantern of the tv tv, if you become lifelong readers you can do anything you want to do. one quick story. my parents were crazy. guess 70 tv's we had in my house? eight? o. i had to sneak over to my friend's house to watch tv instead my parents read to us every night. we did not understand that but it installed stations still the love of reading, whenever it might
[applause] >> president obama it issued a proclamation this is all across america of. [applause] okay. president obama. we are grateful that he did that and please welcome our special readers. let's hear it. [inaudible] we are also excited about reading. and we read all the time. he reads so much he knows about everything. you have to read. we will start off by reading something fun. secretary dunkin and i were big dr. seuss fans. do want to talk about your reading? [laughter] >> we...
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welcome to america, the remix. it's that triumphalism and the diversity and the cult of ethnicity that is not only bad for our democratic life but it's bad for progressivism itself, and i could enumerate that, and i hope to write about this more. many progressive today are actually regresssive progressives, and when it comes to particularly when it comes to customs and practices dealing with islam. i'd like to say that -- i about the gay adoption because it borders a little bit on a canard. i'm all for gay marriage. i grew up across the street from a gay couple, george and jim. at that time they had a woman living with them who turned out to be a bag lady they brought up in suburban 1960s northern westchester for cover. our kindergarten teachers in the town i grew up on the hudson turn out to be gay. since they retired they ran up their rainbow jolly roger flag and nobody seemed to care. gay adoption, gay parenting, i don't think the research is in firm enough yet. that's not to say that i think kids should spend t
welcome to america, the remix. it's that triumphalism and the diversity and the cult of ethnicity that is not only bad for our democratic life but it's bad for progressivism itself, and i could enumerate that, and i hope to write about this more. many progressive today are actually regresssive progressives, and when it comes to particularly when it comes to customs and practices dealing with islam. i'd like to say that -- i about the gay adoption because it borders a little bit on a canard. i'm...
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i think most people in america would have a knee-jerk reaction, especially among liberals and people on the left. ever since woodrow wilson, there has been this idea in the liberal active in the united states that there is the united state mission to spread humanitarianism and liberalism and it's a sort of august judi in american mainstream sidekick at the u.s. is a good light for people to have freedom. as the president of france said that time, the good lord had only 10 commandments and woodrow wilson came along with 14 of them. given that the woodrow wilson's time taken cynically abroad encinas weapons in u.s. policy rather than writing i've humanitarianism elsewhere. and in iran, especially because of obvious reasons, average iranians are very suspicious of the united states, for sponsoring notions of democracy for reform in iran. every time any u.s. president speaks on this issue, it doesn't really resonate because people have the memory of 1953 and the long period of depression in supporting the united states. this is an important cultural difference between that of iranians on
i think most people in america would have a knee-jerk reaction, especially among liberals and people on the left. ever since woodrow wilson, there has been this idea in the liberal active in the united states that there is the united state mission to spread humanitarianism and liberalism and it's a sort of august judi in american mainstream sidekick at the u.s. is a good light for people to have freedom. as the president of france said that time, the good lord had only 10 commandments and...
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the least appropriate on the history of america for an unrepentant terrorist to come forward. the new york times, september 11th, 2001. on top of the world, and after that he had to hide his head. he became a figure of total disrepute. his book sunk quickly into obscurity. i would be just horrified if i put so much faith in that and that is what happened. i saw a picture and started reading it. altogether actually a pretty good book. say what you will, he had an event full life and in seven full time. once you get into the heart of the story it's pretty compelling. i mean, a fugitive from justice for ten years, setting up bombs, blowing people up. dan gets blown up in a greenwich village bomb blast. i begin to see certain patterns. i feel like i am reading something have already read before. and i have my first eureka moment, but it is kind of a stupid one. what i thought at first, crush, i have to -- they are both in chicago, both kind of radical, they have the same ghostwriter. some same left-wing poets. i had no idea about errors background. here are two sentences that caug
the least appropriate on the history of america for an unrepentant terrorist to come forward. the new york times, september 11th, 2001. on top of the world, and after that he had to hide his head. he became a figure of total disrepute. his book sunk quickly into obscurity. i would be just horrified if i put so much faith in that and that is what happened. i saw a picture and started reading it. altogether actually a pretty good book. say what you will, he had an event full life and in seven...
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much attention to the campaign, and i found myself stuck in the detroit airport awaiting a flight on america's least glamorous flight the trip to buffalo. but very little to do i went into a bookstore and was like and obamarama. dreams from my father, softcover, there were obama coloring books and coffee table books giving it was like the obama store. and given my diocese i feel like an adolescent boy in the first copy of playboy. you don't have the "national review" and commentary but anyhow, as i started reading the book first of all i discovered the excerpts in question were taken out of context. the book is not as radical as it sounds. the book is calculated and as i would learn later on doing my research the book wasn't calculated to make barack obama president of the united states. was calculated to make barack obama the mayor of chicago in which position it would do a world of good as president and in the world of psychological and moral problems. as i get into it, just in the we've description, the book is divided into three parts. the first part starts with the section origins, which
much attention to the campaign, and i found myself stuck in the detroit airport awaiting a flight on america's least glamorous flight the trip to buffalo. but very little to do i went into a bookstore and was like and obamarama. dreams from my father, softcover, there were obama coloring books and coffee table books giving it was like the obama store. and given my diocese i feel like an adolescent boy in the first copy of playboy. you don't have the "national review" and commentary...
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she believed the government would not stand up to the united states of america. the family has said if pakistan gives ramon davis back to the united states, they will all commit suicide one at a time. now that may all be a bluff, but there aren't a lot of government that is are going to call the citizens bluff on something like that. we have high drama, supply versus supply, -- spy versus spy, and it comes after a difficult relationship. the a cy office in the country was named in the pakistani press, he was outed. he had to be pulled out the country, literally at night. if that wasn't bad enough, "the new york times" and the "washington post" citing cia sources said he had been outed by the pakistani intelligence service, the interservice intelligence director at isi. now i've been engaged in liaison with foreign governments for many years. this is not normal behavior. we don't usually do this. we don't usually out each other, and then talk about it in the newspapers. since the arrest of mr. davis, the president has said very clearly is a diplomat and must be gi
she believed the government would not stand up to the united states of america. the family has said if pakistan gives ramon davis back to the united states, they will all commit suicide one at a time. now that may all be a bluff, but there aren't a lot of government that is are going to call the citizens bluff on something like that. we have high drama, supply versus supply, -- spy versus spy, and it comes after a difficult relationship. the a cy office in the country was named in the pakistani...
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get concrete figures on how many copies of the pamphlet were actually published, but it was clearly america's first bestseller. and, of course, any one copy, you can read it in half an hour, and then you give it to your you friends. so how many people read any one copy, there's another issue. clearly, it was enormously influential. >> host: chris smith tweets in to you, was there a global: ch audience for the declaration, who was listening, and who was inspired to political action from a it? >> guest: as i have argued, i think the declaration was meant primarily for an american audience. there are historiansen who disagree with this, but i think that argument is justified. it j was, however, sent abroad, and it was, it was reprinted in the press. a whole series of american revolutionary documents were collected includingg the first state constitutions ands translated and published in france. it's clear there was an international audience that wasd interested in what was going ong in the united states. and the declaration was one of a whole series of revolutionary documents that attracted thei
get concrete figures on how many copies of the pamphlet were actually published, but it was clearly america's first bestseller. and, of course, any one copy, you can read it in half an hour, and then you give it to your you friends. so how many people read any one copy, there's another issue. clearly, it was enormously influential. >> host: chris smith tweets in to you, was there a global: ch audience for the declaration, who was listening, and who was inspired to political action from a...
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okay, the woman who was called america's queen by the tabloid and this is another thing that surprised me, also did a significant number of books on the royal courts bureau. here she is on an official visit to britain in the early 1960s. in her editorial career, she brought out a whole series of books on oversight and the napoleonic court succeeded it, including biographies of fluid 14, the 15th and letters of marie antoinette. she told her dressmaker in the 1960s when she was in the white house, douglas t. kept quiet about her dress budget, she would rapidly turning to the marie antoinette of the 1960s herself. so there was some degree of personal identification between jackie and court figures, especially for file queens. she told deborah turbo bill when they were working on and it seemed for side that she particularly identified with one royal mistress, madam pompadour was the most famous 18th century patron of the arts. and it seems pretty likely that jackie may have had pompadour is one of the patterns for her own white house patronage of the arts in the 19th 60s. so some sense th
okay, the woman who was called america's queen by the tabloid and this is another thing that surprised me, also did a significant number of books on the royal courts bureau. here she is on an official visit to britain in the early 1960s. in her editorial career, she brought out a whole series of books on oversight and the napoleonic court succeeded it, including biographies of fluid 14, the 15th and letters of marie antoinette. she told her dressmaker in the 1960s when she was in the white...
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america's myopic indeed can america's myopic coming elite and its media acolytes have taken enemies who are each in military capability, at most the puny five-foot tall, even sandals, and made them into 10-foot tall and still growing behemoths. the three threats i'm going to speak about are those posed by iran, saudi arabia and al qaeda and its allies. taking these three threats, each of which is based in the persian gulf, let us first look at the smallest least threatening threat, that which comes from iran. since our tehran embassy was seized in 1979 and america was humiliated for more than 400 days, the islamist republic iran has been the bipartisan u.s. governing elite. the hostage holding great a hatred for iran among ordinary americans that is easily exploited by u.s. politicians, journalists, academics and pro-israel organizations. so successfully have these then comes the successful have the scare mongers been in hiding what they often call a nazi like every threat in fact, that in all of american history there probably has not been a non-threat like iran that has been more fear
america's myopic indeed can america's myopic coming elite and its media acolytes have taken enemies who are each in military capability, at most the puny five-foot tall, even sandals, and made them into 10-foot tall and still growing behemoths. the three threats i'm going to speak about are those posed by iran, saudi arabia and al qaeda and its allies. taking these three threats, each of which is based in the persian gulf, let us first look at the smallest least threatening threat, that which...
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our family will in some little way serve to make atlanta a better city, georgia a better state and america a better country. just how i do not yet know, but i have the faith to believe it will. and if i am right, then our suffering is not in vain. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> coming up on booktv, william coon recalls the publishing career of jacqueline kennedy onassis who worked as an editor for doubleday and viking. mr. coon reports that her project selection as an editor mirrored her own personal interests. among these were a history of thomas jefferson and his relationship with sally hemings. a book on the assassination of john lennon, and even an effort to convince michael jackson to write a memoir. >> i want to tell you, begin by telling you a little story about what a nosey biographer does when he's invited over to your house for the first time. you offer me -- i may know you not very well, you offer me a cup of coffee or a cup of tea, maybe a glass of wine, and you go into the kitchen to get it for me, and while you're out of the room i sidle ove
our family will in some little way serve to make atlanta a better city, georgia a better state and america a better country. just how i do not yet know, but i have the faith to believe it will. and if i am right, then our suffering is not in vain. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> coming up on booktv, william coon recalls the publishing career of jacqueline kennedy onassis who worked as an editor for doubleday and viking. mr. coon reports that her...
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front yard, america's living room. politicians made that happen and i think the important thing here, this is america city. everybody has a stake, everybody comes here and belongs to them and the book tells them how it came about. >> there is anomalies, the site where the lincoln conspirators were wrong, the famous photograph is now a tennis court. the place in which garfield was shot back to the williams college reunion was in front of the building on the wall. where it says this is where the president was shot. part of it is discovering the layered history of the city and going back to amazing things of the civil war, and a part of washington were abraham lincoln, there is a battle, the confederate troops approach and abraham lincoln stands up and they shoot at him and they say you fool. one of the problems with the battle of fort stevens that they had to keep the citizens back from getting killed. what we try to bring to the city was the vibrancy, the wild mess that was here all along now doing your and limestone do
front yard, america's living room. politicians made that happen and i think the important thing here, this is america city. everybody has a stake, everybody comes here and belongs to them and the book tells them how it came about. >> there is anomalies, the site where the lincoln conspirators were wrong, the famous photograph is now a tennis court. the place in which garfield was shot back to the williams college reunion was in front of the building on the wall. where it says this is...
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and it wasn't that johnson lost middle america, middle america lost the president. and that's why tet was sacrificed. it wasn't just the press, it was mainly lyndon johnson. he gave up on himself. so the lessons, i guess, from tet that apply to today are things like don't give the enemy credit for having a better plan than they are. sometimes you'll see people today talk about terrorists like they're some kind of geniuses, long-term planners with this sophisticated plan that we can't understand, and everything they do is part of this unfolding of history. well, maybe they're just making mistakes. i'll tell you, i don't think that osama bin laden thought that ten years after 9/11 he'd be holed up in some cave somewhere, you know, wondering when a hellfire missile was going to come down on his head. i don't think that was part of the plan. i think he thought he'd be the head of saudi arabia right now. you know, that was the plan, not what's going on right now. so, you know, don't give 'em credit for being these geniuses because they're not. secondly, don't redefine th
and it wasn't that johnson lost middle america, middle america lost the president. and that's why tet was sacrificed. it wasn't just the press, it was mainly lyndon johnson. he gave up on himself. so the lessons, i guess, from tet that apply to today are things like don't give the enemy credit for having a better plan than they are. sometimes you'll see people today talk about terrorists like they're some kind of geniuses, long-term planners with this sophisticated plan that we can't...
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they are training america's future leaders, and it's a very dubious proposition, i think. we've got a bunch of great things coming up. our new york times bestseller last year was the grand jihad by andy mccarthy. just out is freedom at risk by james buckley, senator james buckley. we've got a bunch of great, great titles coming out, so stop by our web site, www.encounter.com and see what you're missing. >> one more thing, can you tell us a little bit about why you decided to start the pamphlet series? >> yes. i saw -- in 2008 in that election cycle the internet had become an essential part of the metabolism of political debate and blogs and so on were absolutely essential to the way in which the messages were getting out, the the people were getting educated. but they had a couple of liabilities, i thought. one was that they were very ephemeral. i wrote a blog myself for pa pajamas media, so i know you can get thousands of hits, thousands of comments and then 17 hours later it's gone. they've moved on to the next thing. so i wanted something that had the meet -- immediacy
they are training america's future leaders, and it's a very dubious proposition, i think. we've got a bunch of great things coming up. our new york times bestseller last year was the grand jihad by andy mccarthy. just out is freedom at risk by james buckley, senator james buckley. we've got a bunch of great, great titles coming out, so stop by our web site, www.encounter.com and see what you're missing. >> one more thing, can you tell us a little bit about why you decided to start the...
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no one's coming from africa, no one from south america or north america. they did actually try bringing enslaved people from ireland to barbados. they said it was to take a slave -- which, by the way, shows slavery wasn't yet racial. you could enslaved for being catholic because it wasn't, it was about who are we going to get to cut the cane. all right. if you're not getting anyone from here, you're not getting anyone from here, you're not getting anyone from here, where can you get someone to cut the cane? >> your children or family members? >> no. the enslaved -- the formerly-enslaved people are as far away in the plantations -- >> not too interested in going back to those plantations, right? >> canada. >> nope. >> canada? >> ukraine? >> no. no, the answer is people were brought from the other country in england's control, india. marina's relatives were brought people from india. any of you who have ever been to trinidad, to tobago, to jamaica, to the guyanas know there are many people from india in the caribbean. why are they? because they were brought
no one's coming from africa, no one from south america or north america. they did actually try bringing enslaved people from ireland to barbados. they said it was to take a slave -- which, by the way, shows slavery wasn't yet racial. you could enslaved for being catholic because it wasn't, it was about who are we going to get to cut the cane. all right. if you're not getting anyone from here, you're not getting anyone from here, you're not getting anyone from here, where can you get someone to...
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they spoke up. >> pauline maier could you give us a snapshots of america in 1775. >> a snapshot. it is a very different place in 1775 and is a number of very different places. we tend to think north-south and this is through the civil war and it was a much more complex place than that. and new england had a kind of a common system, it had a town governments, and had a common religious tradition, and there were a lot of differences within the new england states and you go a little further south and the middle colonies, new york, new jersey, delaware, pennsylvania, very diverse in terms of their population. again, farming, largely, and, then you get into the chesapeake, maryland, virginia and a very different place and you have plantations rather than the family farms further north and producing tobacco, and, slaves, yes, a larger slave, but, slaves were not unique to -- and the south wasn't one thing and, you had north carolina and georgia and i left north carolina, sort of between the -- like 40% of the population in virginia was slave and had been a majority, since 1708 in south
they spoke up. >> pauline maier could you give us a snapshots of america in 1775. >> a snapshot. it is a very different place in 1775 and is a number of very different places. we tend to think north-south and this is through the civil war and it was a much more complex place than that. and new england had a kind of a common system, it had a town governments, and had a common religious tradition, and there were a lot of differences within the new england states and you go a little...
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you all may remember that in north america there were no bees, north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had is main be l syrup, they had the a gaf i have cactus, and in the rest of the world they had honey. so we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies, we've had sugar now is spreading, people are starting to learn about it. >> but one thing we want to mention, when you say that they used, let's say, honey or fruit is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we think about it where you're going to have a chocolate bar or a cookie. it is just a taste. it is a spice. it is something you use in your meal to give it one with of the flavors. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. >> here are a few upcoming book fairs and festivals from around the country. this weekend book tv is live from the tucson festival of books. visit booktv.org for a complete schedule of events. the virginia festival of the book will be taking place from march 16-20th. booktv will be airing several events live online on thursday the 17th and friday the
you all may remember that in north america there were no bees, north and south america. they didn't have honey. so what they had is main be l syrup, they had the a gaf i have cactus, and in the rest of the world they had honey. so we've had sugar used in magical ceremonies, we've had sugar now is spreading, people are starting to learn about it. >> but one thing we want to mention, when you say that they used, let's say, honey or fruit is sugar or sweetness at this time is not the way we...
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they spoke up. >> host: pauline maier can you give us a snapshot of america in the 1775? >> guest: a snapshot is a very different place. they tend to think north or south thinking to the civil war. it is a much more complex place them back. there is a lot of differences within the new england states. talk about the middle colonieslo of new york, new jersey delaware and pennsylvania period divers with their population, and again farming, largely greens then what will further south of very different place now you have plantations rather than the family farms producing tobacco slaves? yes.la but they were not unique to this south the chesapeake to a little further and georgia and i left at north carolina but 40% of the population were slaves and you have that majority in south carolina but slavery was every where.... the remarkable part is that it was not much criticized. the real opposition except for quaker's yousaf but it was wrong earlier because it violated the principles thatec wereau expressed for example, in the declaration of independence. i don't know of that is wh
they spoke up. >> host: pauline maier can you give us a snapshot of america in the 1775? >> guest: a snapshot is a very different place. they tend to think north or south thinking to the civil war. it is a much more complex place them back. there is a lot of differences within the new england states. talk about the middle colonieslo of new york, new jersey delaware and pennsylvania period divers with their population, and again farming, largely greens then what will further south of...
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," america has power. we are the dominant power in the world. that imposes on us a special responsibility. you have to be concerned with the welfare of the world. congress basically decides, but only americans have the vote in congress. >> you -- you write about -- in the book that you've become rabid in your political views. what did you mean by that? >> i'm pretty forceful in expressing my opposition to the bush administration. and there is a certain danger which i actually turned into almost a reality that because i considered the policies extremists, that i, myself, have become an extremist. and that actually -- if that happens, then i have failed. because i think that i am -- believe in an open society. i recognize that i may be wrong. and, in fact, i'm admitting that i may actually be actively wrong by being so rabid. but i feel that i have to state my view in a very straightforward. and i feel passionately about it. >> what would you say that if george bush turns out to be successful and because of
," america has power. we are the dominant power in the world. that imposes on us a special responsibility. you have to be concerned with the welfare of the world. congress basically decides, but only americans have the vote in congress. >> you -- you write about -- in the book that you've become rabid in your political views. what did you mean by that? >> i'm pretty forceful in expressing my opposition to the bush administration. and there is a certain danger which i actually...
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when africans in america as we came to call ourselves were standing up against these institutionalized states demanding equal justice, equal opportunity, equal voting rights, equal jobs coming equal housing and equal respect. that was a society i grew up with at that time. when i went on trial it was an all white jury. if they would have burned us to the degree lined the only evidence that even suggested we have reason to do such a thing was conflicts who were in the area that night breaking into a factory and robbing the dead bodies in this bar and grill and this one person who was supposed to be the lookout list of cigarettes and walked to the bar and grill which was a block away and as he was walking up to the bar and grill they saw them coming around the corner laughing, carrying a shotgun and john was carrying a pistol he ran away and we couldn't catch him. now this was a little fat boy. he was about 5-foot seven. >> host: and that was the basis of the conviction? >> guest: the basis of the conviction. and the reason why the all white jury said that can't be. >> host: obviously th
when africans in america as we came to call ourselves were standing up against these institutionalized states demanding equal justice, equal opportunity, equal voting rights, equal jobs coming equal housing and equal respect. that was a society i grew up with at that time. when i went on trial it was an all white jury. if they would have burned us to the degree lined the only evidence that even suggested we have reason to do such a thing was conflicts who were in the area that night breaking...